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Durability of carbon-supported manganese oxide nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline medium

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MnOx/C-based electrocatalysts, prepared by the chemical deposition of manganese oxide nanoparticles on carbon, were tested towards the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) in their as-synthesized state and after ageing, either in ambient air for a year (mild ageing) or in an O2-saturated molar KOH solution at 80 °C for three weeks (premature ageing). For each electrocatalyst, the morphology and composition were characterised using TEM, XRD and chemical analysis. ORR kinetic parameters were evaluated using the Rotating Disk Electrode (RDE) and Rotating Ring Disk Electrode (RRDE) setups. Whilst the oxygen reduction activity of the electrocatalysts barely changes after mild ageing, it decreases after premature ageing following dramatic modifications to both the chemical and crystalline structures of the carbon-supported MnOx nanoparticles. The peroxide yield also sharply increases after premature ageing. Doping MnOx/C with nickel or magnesium divalent cations is beneficial since it improves both the catalytic activity and selectivity towards the 4-electron ORR pathway, even after ageing.

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This project was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (project N° 104/02/0731), by the Grant Agency of Academy of Sciences (N° 403/002 and KJB 481 3302) and by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (Project N° MSM 262200010). It was also supported by the Ministry of Education and Research of France (Project N° PF 2002 88 2) and by the CNRS (Project N° 18105).

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  1. Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces, LEPMI-ENSEEG, UMR 5631 CNRS-INPG-UJF, BP 75, 38402, Saint Martin d’Heres Cedex, France

    I. Roche, E. Chaînet & M. Chatenet

  2. Fuel Cell Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Merz Court, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    I. Roche

  3. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rez, 250 68, Prague, Czech Republic

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Roche, I., Chaînet, E., Chatenet, M. et al. Durability of carbon-supported manganese oxide nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline medium. J Appl Electrochem 38, 1195–1201 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-008-9537-z

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